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A Makeup Encyclopedia
While working on her book, “Classic Beauty: The History of Makeup,” Bésame Cosmetics founder Gabriela Hernandez stumbled upon some intriguing facts. Among them were that women in 1643 wore partial leather masks to protect themselves from the sun; that mascara in the Twenties resembled a lifesaver-sized roll of wax, which users sliced, melted and then applied with a stick, and that the 1938 introduction of open-toed shoes sparked the advent of toenail painting.
[above: Classic Beauty: The History of Makeup by Gabriela Hernandez]
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A Makeup Encyclopedia
While working on her book, “Classic Beauty: The History of Makeup,” Bésame Cosmetics founder Gabriela Hernandez stumbled upon some intriguing facts. Among them were that women in 1643 wore partial leather masks to protect themselves from the sun; that mascara in the Twenties resembled a lifesaver-sized roll of wax, which users sliced, melted and then applied with a stick, and that the 1938 introduction of open-toed shoes sparked the advent of toenail painting.
[above: Classic Beauty: The History of Makeup by Gabriela Hernandez]
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The Creator of Lip Gloss
Very few people know that it was MARILYN MONROE who first invented LIP GLOSS. She was the first ever woman to achieve those “wet lips” by combining lipstick, beeswax, and Vaseline! Her invention was passed on from her makeup assistants to cosmetic companies, with the ultimate bombshell receiving no credit or royalties at all!
So girls, every time you slide some gloss over those lips, thank Marilyn for coming up with the most used beauty product of all time!
Behind-the-Scenes with our August-September cover girl, Maricar Reyes.
